Emil Nolde's changing reputation
| dc.contributor.author | Riedel, Caroline | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T17:39:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T17:39:43Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1998 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of History in Art | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Art History and Visual Studies | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis investigates the changing reputation of the Expressionist artist Emil Nolde, both during his lifetime and after his death in 1956, in relation to historical, political, and cultural events. It also examines critical reactions to Nolde's work and deals with his persona in a context that considers both the "Nolde myth" and the revision of his image. My discussion about the development of Nolde 's reputation is divided into four chapters. The first chapter traces his rise to fame during the Wilhelmine era and Weimar Republic (from the 1890s to the early 1930s). The second chapter describes the attack on his reputation by the National Socialists who included his work in the Degenerate Art Exhibition in 1937 and issued him a Malverbot and Ausstellungsverbot (painting and exhibition prohibition) in 1941. The third chapter examines the construction of a Nolde myth, which took place after 1945. After the Second World War, the artist' s reputation was not only restored, but also enhanced by his romanticized self-image articulated in his four volume autobiography and in publications written by his friends and patrons. In addition, Siegfried Lenz 's novel, Die Deutschstunde, (1968) and the subsequent film version ( 1971) portrayed the artist protagonist as a victim and a survivor of National Socialism. T he final chapter involves an examination of the revision of the Nolde myth. A study of scholarly contributions since 1945, of selected exhibitions, and of the role of the Nolde Museum and Foundation in Seebiill as the main sponsor of Nolde research and exhibitions are surveyed in order to trace the gradual revision of Nolde 's image and to define a more comprehensive understanding of the myth and reality that make up his reputation today. | |
| dc.format.extent | 134 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/19451 | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | Emil Nolde's changing reputation | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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